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Surgery and off-road driving are so similar,” says Dr Vani Parmar, 62, who recently retired as professor of breast surgical oncology from the Tata Memorial Centre, Khargar, Mumbai. “Both fields require precision, quick reaction times and an ability to handle challenging situations.” A mammoplasty may be slightly different from a slushy drive for some, but both are Parmar’s deep passions. While she continues to work as a breast cancer surgeon, she also finds time to get behind the wheels of her Mahindra Thar.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said grand temples would be built in Varanasi and Mathura and the Uniform Civil Code would be implemented if the NDA returns to power by winning over 400 Lok Sabha seats. He said the NDA, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will ensure that Pakistan occupied Kashmir, which is an integral part of India, returns to the country. Addressing election rallies in Muzaffarpur and Siwan Lok Sabha seats, Sarma said, «We will implement UCC, build a temple on Krishna Janmabhoomi premises in Mathura and establish Kashi Vishwanath temple in place of Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi, besides ensuring that PoK returns to India, after winning over 400 seats.» Hitting out at the Congress and its allies, Sarma said, «Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad did not attend the consecration of Ram Mandir. They want to send Ram Lalla back to the tent. We must not let this happen.»

Labour secretary Sumita Dawra Saturday said that most states have brought out draft rules under the new labour codes, ensuring there is harmonisation of standards for the industry to move from one state to another. She said the labor reforms have been put in place with an eye on ease of doing business, simplification, and reduction in compliance burden, decriminalization and seamless dispute resolution, promotion of labor market flexibility at the same time in harnessing female participation, leveraging technologies, and meeting the scale needs of the economy, whether at the national or international level. On employment opportunities, Dawra said:

shipping ministry is working to shift to an 80 per cent landlord model by the end of this decade to increase efficiency and reduce logistics costs at major ports, a senior government said on Saturday. In the landlord model, private players take over the operational aspects, while the port authority acts as a regulator and landlord. Speaking at CII Annual Business Summit 2024, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Secretary TK Ramachandran said Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) has become the first major port of the country to become 100 per cent landlord port, having all berths being operated on PPP model. The PPP (public-private partnership) model is considered an effective tool for attracting investment in the port sector.

India cannot have individual EV policies for every company, Amitabh Kant told on being asked why Tesla did not come to India after the CEO announced an India visit in April but cancelled it at the last moment. Kant says that India has drafted an EV policy and all the companies have to follow only that policy. India will not change its EV policy according to some specific companies. He said, «So the policy has been announced. You can't have policies for individual companies. The policy for EVs has been announced».

inter-ministerial Indian delegation on the framework agreement on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) has visited the UAE for the first time to hold discussions with the key entities there on cooperation for the empowerment and operation of the strategically vital project. The visit, which took place within three months of signing the Agreement, reflects the importance both governments attach to the IMEEC project, a press statement by the Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi said. The Corridor will provide effective alternate supply routes generating efficiencies and reducing costs. Both sides agreed to continue discussions for early implementation of the Agreement, it said. «India Middle East Europe Corridor (IMEEC) takes shape with the 1st visit of an Indian Inter-Ministerial Delegation to the UAE for the India-UAE Intergovernmental Framework Agreement on IMEEC. Amb @sunjaysudhir led the discussions with key UAE entities like @DPWorldUAE, @ADPortsGroup @CUSTOMSUAE,» the Indian mission posted on X.

The price change in 24 carat gold in the last one week has been -0.19% .whereas in the last month it has been 0.65%. The cost of silver is Rs.86460.0 per kg up by Rs.60.0 per kg. Gold Price Today in Delhi is ₹75731.0/10 grams.

debit cards for payments has remained stagnant during the timeframe, RBI data showed. RBI’s latest decision to enable cash deposit facility through UPI at ATMs will only hasten the process of a complete switch from card-based transactions to fully mobile/ digital payments, according to top officials in digital payments infrastructure business. With this announcement, customers no longer have to carry their debit cards for depositing cash at the CDMs (cash deposit machines).

Bring out your designer sunglasses, because this show is about Korea’s super rich. About men who flash their black cards to buy an apartment that costs 991,442,000.00 rupees (16 Billion Won). About a woman who will do anything to get that front row seat at the Paris Fashion Week. About limited edition designer bags, watches, clothes that’s hollower than a show called Dubai Bling which showed up on Netflix a while ago.

liquidity conditions, the central bank has announced a steep reduction in the quantum of the government’s treasury bill sales and a new selection of bonds for the Centre’s buyback operations to aid freeing up cash for banks. Liquidity conditions in the banking system tightened considerably this month, largely due to a muted pace of government spending amid the ongoing general elections, market participants said. Tight liquidity conditions increase cost of funds for banks, especially at a time when credit growth continues to outpace deposit growth by a long margin. Higher borrowing costs for banks pushes up the cost of borrowing across the economy. So far in May, average daily deficit liquidity as measured by banks’ borrowing from the RBI was at Rs 1.2 lakh crore.

BlackRock Inc.’s Rick Rieder has some advice that bucks conventional wisdom: The best way for the Federal Reserve to temper inflation will be to lower rates, not hold them higher.

New research by JPMorgan sheds fresh light on spending patterns of partially retired households, revealing significant challenges and differences from their fully retired counterparts.

Biocon's executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Friday said she expects consolidation and acceleration of biosimilar business along with further reduction of debt taken to fund the $3.3-billion acquisition of Viatris biosimilar business to be key priorities in FY25. «FY24 was a very transformational year for us, because we made a very successful transition of the (Viatris biosimilar business) acquisition in a seamless way,» Mazumdar-Shaw said in an interview to ET. «FY25 will be a year of consolidation. It will be a year of acceleration, and of course, we want fiscal stabilization as well, and therefore we're looking at paring down the debt further,» Mazumdar-Shaw added. Biocon has reduced $250 million out of its $1.2 billion debt in FY24.

Donald Trump the edge over Joe Biden on the economy in poll after poll. That's even as the Biden years have been the best time to find work since the 1960s, and the US has bounced back from the pandemic with stronger growth than international peers such as the EU, UK and Japan and stronger growth overall than under President Trump. Instead, voters this year are focused on the steep jump in prices from the post-pandemic surge in inflation.

UBS Wealth Management SVP Brenda O’Connor Juanas and the Lonski Group founder John Lonski discuss the earnings season and share their market outlook for 2024 on 'Mornings with Maria.'

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd is on track to achieving a balanced cost structure and enhancing its fiscal performance as it targets 18-20% ebitda margin by 2025-26, chief executive and managing director Punit Goenka said in an earnings call on Friday. Zee will lay off an estimated 15% of its staff as it moves to implement a leaner management structure aimed at reducing costs, the company said.

profit after tax (PAT) increased 43 per cent to Rs 126 crore in the March quarter, driven by strong sales. The drug maker had reported a PAT of Rs 88 crore in the March quarter of FY23. Revenue increased to Rs 862 crore in the fourth quarter as against Rs 762 crore in the year-ago period, JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals said in a statement.

DXC Technology slumped 18% on Friday, after the IT services provider unveiled a new revamp and forecast fiscal 2025 revenue and profit below estimates. The latest attempt comes as a sale bid failed last year and exits of top executives and a slowdown due to high interest rates hampered efforts to pivot away from its declining legacy business of IT outsourcing services to cloud-based solutions.

FISS) on Friday said India's spice export may decline nearly 40 per cent in FY25 if the issue of ethylene oxide or EtO contamination in spices meant for exports is not addressed at the earliest. The statement came against the backdrop of Hong Kong and Singapore banning the sale of popular brands MDH and Everest after detecting carcinogenic chemical ethylene oxide in their products, leading to a mandatory recall from shelves. In 2023-24, India's spice exports totalled USD 4.25 billion, accounting for 12 per cent share of global spice exports. «Lot of exporters have orders on their hands and they have been halted to an extent after that episode. As per our estimate, spice exports could be affected by 40 per cent of the volume this year if the issue is not resolved quickly,» said Tejas Gandhi, Secretary of FISS, an association of nearly 600 spice traders, exporters and farmers from across the country.

JSW Steel has guided for further growth in its sales volume in the current fiscal after its consolidated steel sales were at an all-time high of 24.78 million tonne in 2023-24 (Apr-Mar), up 11% as compared to the previous year. The country’s largest steel-maker has guided for consolidated steel production of 28.40 million tonne, and saleable steel sales of 27 million tonne this year. “Rising utilisation levels and healthy balance sheets are expected to boost private capex, with investments in energy transition and the government’s Production-Linked Incentive scheme adding tailwinds,” the company said in its outlook. “The outlook for both public and private housing, as well as the auto sector, remains favourable”.